NAME: TRESSA MAE (HALL) MCBRAYER, AGE 85, A LIFELONG TUSHKA AREA RESIDENT. mcbrayer,tressa BORN: DECEMBER 29, 1919 AT TUSHKA TO WILLIS BURL AND LILY FAYE (OWENS) HALL PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 2005 AT THE ALTERRA STERLING HOUSE LIVING CENTER IN DURANT AGE: 85 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. EDUCATION: TRESSA ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA HIGH WITH THE CLASS OF 37. MANY YEARS LATER SHE COMPLETED HER EDUCATION AT SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY AND GRADUATED WITH THE CLASS OF 77. MARRIED: JAMES BENJAMIN MCBRAYER ON OCTOBER 3, 1942 AT CANEY. HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH OCCUPATION: TRESSA WORKED OVER 28 YEARS IN THE TUSHKA SCHOOL SYSTEM. SHE TAUGHT THE LAST 12 YEARS OF HER TENURE THERE AND RETIRED IN 1989. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A FAITHFUL AND DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE PENN AND A CHURCH OF CHRIST MANY YEARS. SURVIVED BY CHIILDREN: JANIE CARTWRIGHT AND HUSBAND JERRY OF TUSHKA, OK. JIM MCBRAYER AND WIFE JILL OF TUSHKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: BETH AND HUSBAND BRIAN CAMPBELL OF ADA, OK. JERED AND WIFE APRIL CARTWRIGHT OF ADA, OK. NICKI AND HUSBAND TERRY RUSSELL OF COLEMAN, OK. MICHAEL AND WIFE KARA MCBRAYER OF MILBURN, OK. NEAL MCBRAYER OF COLEMAN, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LOREN AND ETHAN CARTWRIGHT OF ADA, OK. MAGGIE AND BEN MCBRAYER OF MILBURN, OK. ZEKE AND EASTON RUSSELL OF COLEMAN, OK. SISTERS: BESSIE WITHROW OF CANEY, OK. NELLIE HODGE OF CADDO, OK. SISTER IN-LAW: WANDA HALL OF FRESNO, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIS AND LILLIE FAYE HALL. HUSBAND: JAMES BENJAMIN MCBRAYER ON JUNE 4, 1970. SISTERS: ONEDA SMITH, WYNOMA COLLIER, VIRGINIA EVANS. BROTHERS: O. T. BUD HALL, BURNICE HALL, BILLY JOE HALL.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2005 AT 10:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL - ATOKA INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: DAVID HARENDT, MINISTER PENN AND A CHURCH OF CHRIST CASKETBEARERS: RUSSELL FUGATE, RAY CARROLL, RICK FEWELL, BRENT BRADFORD, BRADLEY BRADFORD, STETSON BRADFORD FAMILY NIGHT: MONDAY 7 PM